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Republicans Wake Up to an Electoral Bloodbath

'Lawyer Up': Democrats Declare War on Trump Administration

2026 Midterms Results: Democrats Win the House and Senate

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1261843152664776707https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1262377453273702403

Restaurant Openings Include Bumper Tables, Wearing Pool Noodles, Thermal Cameras, and Food Lockers

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 18, 2020 31 Comments

Restaurants across the world have begun to reopen since the Wuhan coronavirus has started to calm down. I've collected a few stories about restaurants going to extreme lengths to follow government restrictions, especially when it comes to social distancing. Would you wear a pool noodle on a straw hat? Would you eat at a bumper table?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXLdEdVinI

Wuhan Virus Watch: Now Gov. Cuomo is Complaining There are Too Many Unused Tests

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 18, 2020 33 Comments

Today's update starts with the news that New York is facing a new coronavirus crisis: There are too many tests available that are not being used.

Republicans gearing up to fill possible Supreme Court vacancy this election year

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2020 33 Comments

Can you feel the tension? Every time Ruth Bader Ginsburg goes to the hospital or has a medical diagnosis or procedure, you can feel it. What if this is the time?

Branco Cartoon – The One

Posted by A.F. Branco on May 18, 2020 6 Comments

Who did it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIve50vSeLQ&bpctr=1589762735

The Ahmaud Arbery Case as Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin Redux

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 17, 2020 141 Comments

Hey folks, It's been a while, glad to be back, hope everybody is doing well, and in the interests of efficiency let us all presume that suitable compliments and offerings of adult beverages have been made.

Iranian Refugee Warns America That Universities are Becoming Radicalized

Africana Studies Department at Oberlin College Offers Courses on Marxism

Northwestern Food Fest Cancels Event After Pro-Israel Group Registers

Member of Largest Teachers Union Says They Abandoned Education in Pursuit of Political Power

Columbia to Host Discussion of American Genocide, Colonialism, and Racial Oppression

LGBT Student Group at Florida State U. Requests $58K for Drag Shows

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/05/14/stacey-abrams-political-power/?arc404=true

Stacey Abrams in a cape for WaPo profile, the image you can’t unsee

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 17, 2020 57 Comments

The "real" governor of Georgia, Stacey Abrams, must have a good media team, or maybe the mainstream media is her media team. Either way, both the New York Times and the Washington Post have published ridiculous puff pieces on her in the past couple of days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBSk8JJv-U

SCOTUS May Get Another Trump Finances Case as 4th Circuit Allows Emoluments Lawsuit to Proceed

Posted by Jared Samilow on May 17, 2020 8 Comments

Last week the Supreme Court heard oral argument in President Trump's bid to quash subpoenas served upon his accountants by House committees and the Manhattan D.A. Convention wisdom says that he will lose. Lucky for him, he is faced with so much litigation that there is a case he is very likely to win, and that case is poised to reach SCOTUS before the 2020 election.

Surprise: The Mask-Shamers in White House Press Corps Turn Out to Be Hypocrites

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 17, 2020 47 Comments

Believe it or not, daily mask-wearing reports have become an actual thing among some reporters in the White House press corps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGPI06JVds

Anti-Lockdown Protests Surge Across Europe

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 17, 2020 11 Comments

Europe witnessed a wave of anti-lockdown protests on Saturday. Germany saw a huge surge in demonstrations. Thousands came out in Berlin, Munich, and Stuttgart against the measures imposed in the wake of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Police used tear gas to disperse protesters in Warsaw, Poland and arrests were made in London's Hyde park, the European media reported.

China Throwing in with Democrats for November Elections

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 17, 2020 19 Comments

In 2016, Democrats used the myth of Russia meddling to explain away their stunning loss. In 2020, there may be some actual attempts at meddling, but it won't be coming from Russia. The Chinese Communist Party is not happy about being blamed for the Coronavirus pandemic, and that blame is only coming from Republicans.

https://www.newsweek.com/arab-world-delusions-fuel-bds-campaigns-coronavirus-conspiracies-opinion-1504520

My Newsweek Op-Ed: “Arab World Delusions Fuel BDS Campaign’s Coronavirus Conspiracies”

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on May 17, 2020 6 Comments

Regular readers may remember my two-part investigation of the anti-Israel movement's appropriation of coronavirus pandemic panic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKsCbBl2Gsc

Wuhan Virus Watch: Rep. Elise Stefanik wants probe into Cuomo’s nursing home policy

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 17, 2020 25 Comments

Today's update starts with the news that New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who bravely challenged Schiff's impeachment maneuvers with skillful cross-examination earlier this year, is now demanding a federal probe of Gov. Cuomo’s handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

Democrats Exploit a Crisis Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 17, 2020 3 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UZ5nWX3ADM

NY AG threatens law firm claiming office headcount violates Cuomo lockdown, gets sued in response

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2020 80 Comments

HoganWillig is a multi-office law firm in western New York State. Among its practice areas is real estate closings, which enabled it to obtain designation from the state as an "essential" business even under Andrew Cuomo's coronavirus lockdown orders. The firm also has gained expertise in advising businesses how to weather the coronavirus regulatory storm, and now finds itself in the center of one of those storms as the New York Attorney General's Office has been threatening the firm over its continued real estate operations, claiming the firm was not complying with Cuomo's Orders. The firm is fighting back with a federal court lawsuit.